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FILE: A handout image released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency on 5 May, 2016 shows a car burning at the site of a bomb attack in Mukharram al-Fawqani in Homs province. Picture: AFP.

Homs

Attack on Syrian security forces in Homs kills 42

By Reuters

It said that the attacks had killed 32 people including General Hassan Daaboul, the head of the military security branch.

  • FILE: The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said a number of raids hit the town of Rastan in the north of the province and other towns and villages nearby. Picture: AFP.

    ‘Air raids intensify in Syria’s Homs, prayers cancelled’

    The doctor in Homs province, Mohamad al-Shamsi, said a man and child had been killed in Rastan.

    2223 days ago
  • The ancient Syrian city of Palmyra is on the Unesco's World Heritage Site danger list. Picture: Zaher Kadour/Wikipedia.

    Isis seizes historic Syrian city of Palmyra

    Isis also took control of a hospital in the city which Syrian forces had used as a base before withdrawing.

    2554 days ago
  • Syrian President Bashar al-Assad speaks during an interview with AFP at the presidential palace in Damascus. Picture: AFP.

    Assad extends grip in central Syria

    Bashar al-Assad can contemplate a broad sweep of Syria clawed back from rebels.

    2922 days ago
  • FILE: Rebels stand on the back of a pick-up truck driving through the eastern Syria. Picture: AFP

    Syria: Rebels abandon Homs

    This is a symbolic victory for President Assad weeks before his likely re-election

    2932 days ago
  • The government’s announcement came hours after rebels declared a new offensive in Aleppo. Picture: United Nations.

    UN welcomes Homs humanitarian deal

    The government’s announcement came hours after rebels declared a new offensive in Aleppo.

    3022 days ago
  • FILE: UN-Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon attend a press conference closing the so-called Geneva II peace talks dedicated to the ongoing conflict in Syria on 22 January. Picture: AFP.

    Syria talks: aid tops the agenda

    Western diplomats say Syria should move quickly to allow aid in or face a possible UN resolution.

    3032 days ago
  • A group of rebels on a tank in Darkoush, Syria. Picture: Rahima Essop/EWN.

    Six mediators killed in Syria

    The six negotiators had been trying to set up talks between the Sunni town of al-Zara and the Alawite.

    3228 days ago
  • A group of rebels on a tank in Darkoush, Syria. Picture: Rahima Essop/EWN.

    Syria opposition to name new leader

    Rebels have been without a leader for months after a disagreement about talks with Assad.

    3240 days ago
  • A group of rebels on a tank in Darkoush, Syria. Picture: Rahima Essop/EWN.

    Syrian rebels intensify their fight for Aleppo

    The 11 Western and Arab countries reached an agreement to send military support to aid Syrian rebels.

    3250 days ago
  • Syria city of Homs. Picture: AFP

    Aid teams ready to enter Homs

    Aid organisations are ready to help evacuate victims trapped in the Syrian city of Homs.

    3618 days ago
  • A screenshot from a video shows smoke blazing after an attack in the city of Homs on 11 June 2012. Picture: AFP

    Syrian helicopters fire on rebel strongholds

    UN monitors said Syrian helicopters fired on rebel strongholds on Monday.

    3627 days ago
  • More than 92 people, 32 of them children, were killed on 26 May, 2012 in Homs by Assad's forces. Picture: AFP

    Assad's forces renew Homs assault

    The Syrian army used artillery, mortars and rockets to hit opposition strongholds in the city of Homs.

    3628 days ago
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